Relative Weight of Dogs and Their Owners by Jennifer and Dmitriy

Hypothesis:The ratio of owner to dog body width remains relatively constant and should produce a bell curve indicating that owners and dogs share a relative size ratio. (ie if the owner over-eats, then they tend to allow their dog to over-eat.)

We found that the dogs tended to mirror their owners in relation to relative weight gain. Bigger owners tended to have bigger dogs, smaller owners had smaller dogs. Although there were several cases where larger owners had smaller dogs and vice versa. The dog vs owner relative size centers around 1.5.